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Hi from Wa State
Hi just getting back into Snakes used to have Burmese but it was just to much size just wanted something to enjoy without to much worrie.
I am looking forward to the reptile show coming up in Puyallup in October.
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Hi and Welcome. :) That's a fairly good expo to hit. I went last year and hope to go again this year.
Where in WA might you be?
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Welcome! Im East coast but i know of a few members up in your rainy corner of the US.:)
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Hey! I am going to the show puyallup too! What part Wa you from.
@ Mike- Its only rainy in about 1/3 of the state.... Which happens to be the part I live in... But the rest of the state is nice and hot in the summer and gets snow in the winter. So there! :)
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I should be going to the Puyallup show also, just to browse.
It will be my first time attending this show.
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Originally Posted by Andybill
Hey! I am going to the show puyallup too! What part Wa you from.
@ Mike- Its only rainy in about 1/3 of the state.... Which happens to be the part I live in... But the rest of the state is nice and hot in the summer and gets snow in the winter. So there! :)
I actually love thunderstorms! (Or by rain do you just mean rain lol?)
I would love to live where it rains alot. Not sure if id wanna live in Washington though.
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The majority of the time it just rains with the occasional thunderstorm. I think Washington is beautiful tho. Theres so much to do if you are an outdoorsy nature loving kinda person. Or if you like ATVs and lifted pickups to go muddin theres plenty of places around here to do all that. 4 mountain ranges, a giant river with hundreds of lakes and smaller rivers, the puget sound, the pacific ocean. Whats not to love about all that? The rain...
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Originally Posted by Andybill
The majority of the time it just rains with the occasional thunderstorm. I think Washington is beautiful tho. Theres so much to do if you are an outdoorsy nature loving kinda person. Or if you like ATVs and lifted pickups to go muddin theres plenty of places around here to do all that. 4 mountain ranges, a giant river with hundreds of lakes and smaller rivers, the puget sound, the pacific ocean. Whats not to love about all that? The rain...
Yea well Connecticut has um... Trees! And colonial charm! lmao
Nah but really WA sounds cool. I only said i wouldnt wanna live there bc its soooo far away from the rest of the states. Though it would keep me FAR away from my family... Hmmm maybe ill reconsider :rofl:
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Yeah we are kinda way up here away from a lot...
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Welcome to the forum! Always happy to see more Washintonians :D
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:) Actually, even the 'rainy' part is not as rainy as people in the rest of the country are led to believe. We have a rain season, as it were, usually a few months in spring, where it rains regularly... but the rest of the year rain is sporadic and usually quite light. I like to say that the Seattle area is one of the few places where one can experience 'mist rain' - a rain so light you can't tell it's raining, even when you're out in it. :D
The rest of the year, with the exception of a few months in summer (which are drawing to a close now), it is overcast and gray without a drop of rain. That can be a bit of a downer...but that is made up for by the amazing natural beauty everywhere you look.
Like this:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...snowcoated.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...fromschool.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ety/112thN.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ontporchNW.jpg
Those are all pictures taken from near my dad's house. In fact, all except the first one of The Mountain are taken FROM his house. Well, the back and front yards. :) And yes, for those to whom it isn't obvious, that is Mt. Rainier. That was taken up the street from the house. :D
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Re: Hi from Wa State
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Originally Posted by Argentra
Those are all pictures taken from near my dad's house. In fact, all except the first one of The Mountain are taken FROM his house. Well, the back and front yards. :) And yes, for those to whom it isn't obvious, that is Mt. Rainier. That was taken up the street from the house. :D
Those are awesome! We only get views of Baker up here, and if you aren't in the right place it's mostly foot hills with the peak just appearing behind them. The islands make up for lack of mountain view though, and the Cascade highway is always a good drive :D
x2 on the rain as well. Pretty humid up here and it isn't unusual to get a couple days of rain, but it's definitely not as constant as everyone thinks it is
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Oh, and can't forget this:
West across Elliot Bay
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...rosstheBay.jpg
Downtown Seattle from the Bay
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...fromthebay.jpg
Downtown from atop the Space Needle
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...townfromSN.jpg
Lake Union and East Seattle from atop the Needle
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ndESeattle.jpg
Or this:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ront12snow.jpg
That's right out front of our apartment this past winter. :) (Sorry about the screen...it was too cold to open the porch door)
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Hey! I live in TX but I just got back from WA. I had an internship up there with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Olympia. It was incredible. I plan on movin up there as soon as I graduate in December :) I'm so excited. It is absolutely beautiful up there. Way different than TX. I've actually been nervous in keeping a snake collection when I move up there because of the temps. I can always have a heated room :)
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Re: Hi from Wa State
Hello, and :welcome: to BP.net...
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Hey, stupidcracker00, thanks for the other photos. Looks like up here all right. ;)
And the main thing you need when keeping reptiles up here, other than a few good thermostats of course, is a generator. :D Between the ice storms and the winds, we can experience quite a few power outages. In summer, no problem as it's usually in the 80's or lower 90's. In winter the temps aren't too low, unless it snows or ices over. But well, I make sure I have a lot of those instant hand/toe warmers around just in case until I can afford a good generator.
It's worth it, though. :)
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Originally Posted by Argentra
Hey, stupidcracker00, thanks for the other photos. Looks like up here all right. ;)
And the main thing you need when keeping reptiles up here, other than a few good thermostats of course, is a generator. :D Between the ice storms and the winds, we can experience quite a few power outages. In summer, no problem as it's usually in the 80's or lower 90's. In winter the temps aren't too low, unless it snows or ices over. But well, I make sure I have a lot of those instant hand/toe warmers around just in case until I can afford a good generator.
It's worth it, though. :)
You are welcome :) i shoulda taken some when i drove to the eastern part. Its drastically different lol. Its all brown and dry.... Its a desert lol. Its crazy the change in climate when you drie over the mountains. Its pretty cool.
And that's a great idea. It could probably cut down on the electric bill too huh? How much does a decent one cost? Do you know that off the top of your head?
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Yep, it's really weird seeing that difference. :) We drove the truck from CO up through Yakima and southern WA, so we saw first hand... or we would have if there hadn't been a huge dust cloud obscuring the view and turning everything pink/brown.
As for generators, off the top of my head I know that a basic unit can cost from $300-$500 depending on wattage and how it's powered (fuel, crank, battery etc.). I believe $250 is the lower end for a good one, and they can go up from there into the thousands. The main choice factors are how much power you need it to produce, and how it makes that power. :) My dad, for instance, has two - one propane driven higher wattage, and the other crank driven low wattage. As far as I know, the powerful one is for the freezer and heaters, the lower for small lights and such.
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I used to live in Seattle and Longview. I was born up in Port Angeles. Wish I could hit that Puyallup show but alas I'm stationed in colorado
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Originally Posted by Argentra
Yep, it's really weird seeing that difference. :) We drove the truck from CO up through Yakima and southern WA, so we saw first hand... or we would have if there hadn't been a huge dust cloud obscuring the view and turning everything pink/brown.
As for generators, off the top of my head I know that a basic unit can cost from $300-$500 depending on wattage and how it's powered (fuel, crank, battery etc.). I believe $250 is the lower end for a good one, and they can go up from there into the thousands. The main choice factors are how much power you need it to produce, and how it makes that power. :) My dad, for instance, has two - one propane driven higher wattage, and the other crank driven low wattage. As far as I know, the powerful one is for the freezer and heaters, the lower for small lights and such.
Yakima!!! That's the name I was tryin to remember lol. That's where I drove to and then went back to Centralia then up to Olympia. I also visited Seattle and Vancouver (I have grandparents there). It was a really cool trip. I didn't want to leave.
And would I be able to find good deals on generators at home depot or should I try to find a specific retailer for them? I literally have no experience with that type of machinery... I think the term is "noob" haha
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We have quite a few Washingtonions on this forum. I think we should all meet up for coffee. I keep trying to get Andybill and his family over here to Oly, and he keeps sayin' he will but whatevs :P
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Look at andy gettin called out! You gunna take that andy?
Im down for coffee! hahaha
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Meh, what's a little rain. That's why its so green and beautiful. What's amazing though, is the fact that nobody can drive when it rains. Like the have never seen it before.....:rolleyes: Honestly, I love the seasons. Welcome to the forum!
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Re: Hi from Wa State
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I think we have all seen the sky before. It does that up here too! Lol! :D
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Re: Hi from Wa State
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Originally Posted by Anatopism
We have quite a few Washingtonions on this forum. I think we should all meet up for coffee. I keep trying to get Andybill and his family over here to Oly, and he keeps sayin' he will but whatevs :P
Hey I am on vacation right now! Anytime next week I can come out but if you want to meet my two ladies your gonna have to wait until the week after next. They're in Hawaii. :)
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Oh and after 4 years in Camp Pendleton and driving 80 on the freeway I hate how everybody does the speed limit up here but other than that I couldnt be happier! :D
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woo washington
where is everyone on here from im in north seattle
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I'm in Kent. :) (for those who don't know, that's a nice suburban city about 20 miles or so south of Seattle). In the valley to be specific.
And getting together would be awesome! We'd just have to be sure it was a good central local easily reached by bus. :) Can't drive.
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Originally Posted by Andybill
Hey I am on vacation right now! Anytime next week I can come out but if you want to meet my two ladies your gonna have to wait until the week after next. They're in Hawaii. :)
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Oh and after 4 years in Camp Pendleton and driving 80 on the freeway I hate how everybody does the speed limit up here but other than that I couldnt be happier! :D
Ya'll dont have breakdown lanes out there?
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Re: Hi from Wa State
Thanks for the welcome.
So anyone here going to the reptile show in Puyallup in October.
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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle
Hey I have similar pictures I forgot to post! It might actually be the same place... I took mine on my way up to Mt. Raineer
http://img.tapatalk.com/a693489d-e318-f5a6.jpg
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Nope, we were in Sultan. :)
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Anacortes/Friday Harbor here, bit more towards the boonies :( And a car that hates long distance
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Welcome! I will be browsing and meeting up with some more locals at the show.
Regards,
B
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Welcome to bp.net, always good to see more people from our neck of the woods = D. Burlington here, I really hope I can get time off to go to the expo in October!
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Yah time off can be tough but I think I can find the time for at least one day :D.
At least being in Burlington your trip isn't quite that far mine is 180 miles one way.
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Ouch! Long trip.
Yes it is but sometimes its what you have to do.
My area offers very little as far as shows like that.
Next one is Spokane which is a bit further.
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